>>As soon as virus writers learn how to spell correctly and learn proper grammar, I think we're going to be in some serious trouble.
Virus writers, or coders in general? I have yet to meet a good coder that can spell worth a shit. I guess it's the left-brained-ness that's required.
In the latest Mandrake 8.1, there are many facilities that discourage this lame practice. One is that the root account in KDE has a bright red background and no icons on the desktop. When a user logs in normally, he/she gets all the normal stuff. This was a brilliant move because most newbies will think 'I don't have shit if I login as root and that red background pisses me off'. Another nice touch is that telnet server isn't installed unless you install it by hand. Props to mandrake for preventing newbies from aiming that double-barrel shotgun root account at their tender feet.
Germany was hurt by the Euro. They had to introduce inflation to meet the Euro standard which put them in the red. Prior to this they were in the black, i.e. a gold-standard type situation where they had real assets backing their money.
Don't even mention the USA and it's banking situation. I think maybe America has a vault full of golden midgets or something equally valuable but it's nowhere near a gold standard. Our currency is nearly baseless anymore.
Please don't let your ass speak for you. SGI penned a deal with Sony a long time ago to bring optimized OpenGL to the PS2. Also Sun has a working Java implementation running on PS2. The PS2 lacks nothing your whizbang pc can do.
For anyone who didn't know, AOL made it's client software for the PS2 a long time ago. Once the official broadband adapter + hd hits the streets, guess what? Yeah you can use aol over your phone line/broadband connection on your ps2. This was announced about 4 months ago when AOL made the deal with Sony. I'm not surprised Netscape runs on the ps2 either. A linux port to PS2 is effortless. Mozilla comes next of course.
Also there have been full-mockup pictures of the entire PS2 hardware collection floating around since the summertime. The flatscreen 15" monitor, black keyboard and mouse etc. have been prototyped and available within Sony for months.
At least we've got viable fucking dental plans. You tend to gain some weight when it doesn't hurt your teeth when you eat.
The funniest shit I've seen was the Book of British Smiles in Austin Powers. Had me rolling for hours.
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Did the fools who moderated this post to +5 even look at the Sinclair page? These things are totally and completely unrelated. Sir Clive made a little electric car. The IT is a 2 wheeled electric scooter! Of course the electric car is gonna be an unsafe failure...other cars will just plow over it. I'd feel safer riding a motorcycle naked. The IT OTOH is designed for sidewalks and other car-free public areas. Next time you decide to mod something up, think about it first.
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How is anyone going to maintain balance in SF with your 15% grades on every hill? I doubt they'll be riding these things anywhere that's not relatively flat.
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For anyone that's been to Vegas, you know how bad you need one of these things there. Vegas is designed to wear your ass out. I swear the walk from Harrah's through to the tables at Caesar's Palace is at least 3 miles.
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>>and, especially, for developing countires to embrace when they build up their transportation infrastructure.
Riiiight. Developing countries will have no problem swallowing the $3k price tag EACH for these little babies. Ridiculous assumption.
This is another device designed to make americans fatter and lazier than ever. Walking is about the only excercise most office workers/telemarketing slaves get, and you take that away... well you see what I'm getting at.
It's no surprise the chassis has been designed to withstand 7000 pounds. If these things get popular, millions of americans will be putting it to the test
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Yeah man, this thing looks about 50% Liberace and 50% Sigfriend and Roy. Super gay. Hell it might even have some Elton John thrown in for good measure.
Ah, no. They don't want to sell Me, 98 or anything else BUT XP. That makes perfect sense. They're trying to get away from the DOS based (yet repairable) OS's as fast as possible. Also the OEM's they work with are happy because lots of people are forced to upgrade their machines to run 'the latest and greatest'. I'm not defending their practices but this is just how the computer industry works in general. New stuff = new features =more power necessary.
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>>As soon as virus writers learn how to spell correctly and learn proper grammar, I think we're going to be in some serious trouble.
Virus writers, or coders in general? I have yet to meet a good coder that can spell worth a shit. I guess it's the left-brained-ness that's required.
In the latest Mandrake 8.1, there are many facilities that discourage this lame practice. One is that the root account in KDE has a bright red background and no icons on the desktop. When a user logs in normally, he/she gets all the normal stuff. This was a brilliant move because most newbies will think 'I don't have shit if I login as root and that red background pisses me off'. Another nice touch is that telnet server isn't installed unless you install it by hand. Props to mandrake for preventing newbies from aiming that double-barrel shotgun root account at their tender feet.
Germany was hurt by the Euro. They had to introduce inflation to meet the Euro standard which put them in the red. Prior to this they were in the black, i.e. a gold-standard type situation where they had real assets backing their money.
Don't even mention the USA and it's banking situation. I think maybe America has a vault full of golden midgets or something equally valuable but it's nowhere near a gold standard. Our currency is nearly baseless anymore.
What are soldiers? We just bomb the bejeezus out of anyone until they give up.
Everytime I read a story like this, which seems to be once a week, I glibly smile and am glad I run linux.
Please don't let your ass speak for you. SGI penned a deal with Sony a long time ago to bring optimized OpenGL to the PS2. Also Sun has a working Java implementation running on PS2. The PS2 lacks nothing your whizbang pc can do.
For anyone who didn't know, AOL made it's client software for the PS2 a long time ago. Once the official broadband adapter + hd hits the streets, guess what? Yeah you can use aol over your phone line/broadband connection on your ps2. This was announced about 4 months ago when AOL made the deal with Sony. I'm not surprised Netscape runs on the ps2 either. A linux port to PS2 is effortless. Mozilla comes next of course.
Also there have been full-mockup pictures of the entire PS2 hardware collection floating around since the summertime. The flatscreen 15" monitor, black keyboard and mouse etc. have been prototyped and available within Sony for months.
That's plenty to run Blackbox or IceWM.
At least we've got viable fucking dental plans. You tend to gain some weight when it doesn't hurt your teeth when you eat.
The funniest shit I've seen was the Book of British Smiles in Austin Powers. Had me rolling for hours.
Did the fools who moderated this post to +5 even look at the Sinclair page? These things are totally and completely unrelated. Sir Clive made a little electric car. The IT is a 2 wheeled electric scooter! Of course the electric car is gonna be an unsafe failure...other cars will just plow over it. I'd feel safer riding a motorcycle naked. The IT OTOH is designed for sidewalks and other car-free public areas. Next time you decide to mod something up, think about it first.
How is anyone going to maintain balance in SF with your 15% grades on every hill? I doubt they'll be riding these things anywhere that's not relatively flat.
For anyone that's been to Vegas, you know how bad you need one of these things there. Vegas is designed to wear your ass out. I swear the walk from Harrah's through to the tables at Caesar's Palace is at least 3 miles.
>>and, especially, for developing countires to embrace when they build up their transportation infrastructure.
Riiiight. Developing countries will have no problem swallowing the $3k price tag EACH for these little babies. Ridiculous assumption.
This is another device designed to make americans fatter and lazier than ever. Walking is about the only excercise most office workers/telemarketing slaves get, and you take that away... well you see what I'm getting at.
It's no surprise the chassis has been designed to withstand 7000 pounds. If these things get popular, millions of americans will be putting it to the test
Moderators: tongue in cheek alert. Think and smile.
Yeah man, this thing looks about 50% Liberace and 50% Sigfriend and Roy. Super gay. Hell it might even have some Elton John thrown in for good measure.
The difference here is, the windows bug reports go to /dev/null.
Well at least Jedi Knights are a recognized religion in British Census forms.
Hey, I call 'em like I see 'em. Funny that I got modded down as flamebait when your argument was completely offtopic.
Now see what happens when trolls are well-fed? They learn how to spell and make a critical argument! Oh the horror...the HORROR...
It looks an awful lot like:
1. An AOL tech support dungeon
2. Microsoft's BorgCollective Coding Campus
3. The Star Trek Official Storyline Accuracy Chamber
The funny thing is, this is posted a day late. I was playing this yesterday afternoon.
I've been playing this game using WineX for days now. With the latest CVS they fixed the .05 second sound delay, and it's a welcome improvement.
Get your ass over to www.transgaming.com, download the source, build and install it, then play one of the best games of the year.
See you in the trenches!
I dub thee....Semenus! Get it? Hot and salty, no solid planet..bah. Puns were never my strong suit.
Name one government today that does not achieve this goal through conventional media outlets. I doubt you can.
Ah, no. They don't want to sell Me, 98 or anything else BUT XP. That makes perfect sense. They're trying to get away from the DOS based (yet repairable) OS's as fast as possible. Also the OEM's they work with are happy because lots of people are forced to upgrade their machines to run 'the latest and greatest'. I'm not defending their practices but this is just how the computer industry works in general. New stuff = new features =more power necessary.
All the playstation 2 games I see are $50. Return to Castle Wolfenstein is $60+. Where's the logic Einstein?